Jewelry Box

ABSTRACT

A jewelry box comprises a substantially tubular housing having a closed top and a closed bottom and adapted to stand on the bottom with its axis substantially vertical. A coaxially extending shaft in the housing is rotatably mounted in the top and the bottom of the housing. A plurality of substantially rectangular plate-like members are provided. Each of the members has a plurality of hooks thereon for removably supporting jewelry. The members are removably affixed to the shaft in the housing for rotation therewith in a manner whereby the members extend radially from the shaft.

United States Patent Sicina Apr. 29, 1975 [54] JEWELRY BOX 3.l8l.7t)65/1965 Mandel Ill/163 1 8 3 i [75] Inventor: Marion P. Sicina. Florida.N.Y. 9/197 Owing fill/I63 [73] Assignee: The Raymond Lee Organization,Primary Eruminer-Casmir A. Nunberg Inc., New York. NY. 1 a part Allurm).Agent. or Firn1Daniel Jay Tick interest 22 Filed: Dec. 27. 1973 ABSTRACTA ewelry box comprises a substantially tubular housl l PP bio-1428586ing having a closed top and a closed bottom and adapted to stand on thebottom with its axis substan- [52] CL n 312/202; 3/125; 313ll97 tiallyvertical. A coaxially extending shaft in the hous- 151 Int. Cl. A47b17/02; A47f 5/10 ing is mlflwbly mounted in the top and hmwm of [58] wof Search 3]2/125 135- the housing. A plurality of substantiallyrectangular 312/202; 243/D|G 31|/7O I44,- 3 plate-like members areprovided. Each of the members has a plurality of hooks thereon forremovably [56] References Cited supporting jewelry. The members areremovably affixed to the shaft in the housing for rotation therewithUNITED STATES PATENTS in a manner whereby the members extend radially992.689 5/l9ll Reid 3l2/l35 from the Shaft 1.210.258 l2/l9l6 Bahlonc3l2/l35 1.791.736 2/1931 McCosh 3l2/l35 3 Claims. 4 Drawing FiguresJEWELRY BOX DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION The present invention relatesto a jewelry box.

Objects of the invention are to provide a jewelry box of simplestructure, which is inexpensive in manufacture and is easy, simple,convenient and comfortable to use to provide access to any of a greatnumber of articles of jewelry with rapidity and convenience.

In order that the invention may be readily carried into effect, it willnow be described with reference to the accompanying drawing. wherein:

FIG. I is a schematic diagram of an embodiment of the jewelry box of theinvention;

FIG. 2 is a sectional view of part of the embodiment of FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a view, partly cut away and partly in section, on an enlargedscale, of part of the embodiment of FIG. I; and

FIG. 4 is a top view of part of the embodiment of FIG. 1.

In the FIGS., the same components are identified by the same referencenumerals.

The jewelry box of the invention comprises a substantially tubularhousing 1 (FIGS. 1 and 2) having a closed top 2 and a closed bottom 3(FIG. 1) and adapted to stand on the bottom with its axis 4 (FIG. 1)substantially vertical. The housing 1 has an opening 5 formed throughthe side thereof and a door 6 movably mounted in the opening to provideaccess to the interior (FIG. I).

A coaxially extending shaft 6 (FIGS. 1 to 4) is rotat ably mounted inthe top 2 and the bottom 3 of the housing 1. the shaft 6 is removablymounted in the top and bottom 2 and 3 of the housing 1.

A plurality of substantially rectangular platelike members 7, 8, 9, 10,11 and 12 (FIG. 4) are provided. Each of the members 7 to 12 has aplurality of hooks formed thereon for removably supporting jewelry.Thus, as shown in FIG. 1, the member 8 has hooks I3, l4, l5 and I6thereon for removably supporting jewelry and the member 12 has hooks 17and 18 thereon for removably supporting jewelry.

A fastening device of suitable type is utilized to removably affix theplate-like members 7 to 12 to the shaft 6 in the housing I for rotationtherewith in a manner whereby the members extend radially from theshaft, as shown in FIG. 4. Thus, in the illustration of FIG. 3, theshaft 12 has an L-shaped hook 19 which is removably accommodated in anL-shaped recess 20 formed in the shaft 6. The other members 7 to 11 havesimilar hooks and the shaft is provided with additional similar recessessuch as, for example. 21. In the illustration of FIG. 4, the members 7to 12 may either be fastened to the shaft 6 in the manner illustrated inFIG. 3, or may be removably accommodated in linearly extending recessesparallel to the axis 4.

While the invention has been described by means of a specific exampleand in a specific embodiment, I do not wish to be limited thereto, forobvious modifications will occur to those skilled in the art withoutdeparting from the spirit and scope of the invention.

I claim:

I. A jewelry box, comprising a substantially tubular housing having asubstantially cylindrical wall, a closed top and a closed bottom andadapted to stand on the bottom with its axis substantially vertical;

a coaxially extending shaft in the housing rotatably mounted in the topand the bottom of the housing;

a plurality of substantially rectangular plate-like members each havinga plurality of hooks thereon for removably supporting jewelry; and

fastening means for removably affixing the plate-like members to theshaft in the housing for rotation therewith in a manner whereby themembers extend radially from the shaft, said fastening means comprisinga plurality of spaced recesses formed in the shaft and hooks extendingfrom the plate-like members and removably accommodated in the recesses.

2. A jewelry box as claimed in claim 1, wherein the housing has anopening formed through the substantially cylindrical wall thereof and adoor movably mounted in the opening to provide access to the intenor.

3. A jewelry box as claimed in claim I, wherein the shaft is removablymounted in the top and bottom of the housing.

1. A jewelry box, comprising a substantially tubular housing having asubstantially cylindrical wall, a closed top and a closed bottom andadapted to stand on the bottom with its axis substantially vertical; acoaxially extending shaft in the housing rotatably mounted in the topand the bottom of the housing; a plurality of substantially rectangularplate-like members each having a plurality of hooks thereon forremovably supporting jewelry; and fastening means for removably affixingthe plate-like members to the shaft in the housing for rotationtherewith in a manner whereby the members extend radially from theshaft, said fastening means comprising a plurality of spaced recessesformed in the shaft and hooks extending from the plate-like members andremovably accommodated in the recesses.
 2. A jewelry box as claimed inclaim 1, wherein the housing has an opening formed through thesubstantially cylindrical wall thereof and a door movably mounted in theopening to provide access to the interior.
 3. A jewelry box as claimedin claim 1, wherein the shaft is removably mounted in the top and bottomof the housing.